Written by Richard Kahan, he is a first time writer for the show, though he had previously acted on numerous TV shows and normally works as a writing assistant on this series. Directed by Douglas MacKinnon, who also directed the previous episode, La Dame Blanche, this episode was more successful than that one, though it still had problems.

NOTE: There be spoilers ahead, if you haven’t read the book, or seen the episode, you might want to steer clear if you don’t want to be spoiled. Otherwise, read on…

Most of the Screencaps thanks to Outlander-Online. Other artwork and photos from Starz.

I was completely spoiled before seeing this episode. Or as spoiled as I could be not having seen the episode, that is.

I had my own theory of how things would go with the start of the first episode of season two based on those spoilers, and how it did start was actually pretty close to how I thought, but no matter what the truth was going to be I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to be how the book started.

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NOTE: If you’re reading this, I assume (especially after this amount of time) that you’ve not only seen the episode, but have also read all of the books. If you haven’t done that and want to avoid spoilers, then reading this isn’t what you should be doing….

Oh, and keep in mind I use profanity in this, and actually I use some almost right away. You’ve been warned.